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Posted on June 2, 2022 by Ken

Dora Mendoza (R), the grandmother of Amerie Jo Garza, who died in the mass shooting, mourns at a makeshift memorial outside Uvalde County Courthouse in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images.

Parents of school shooting victims to Uvalde:
‘You don’t think that you’re going to survive, but you do survive’

Uvalde has brought back painful memories for parents who have lost kids in school shootings. Four such parents spoke to Insider about the heartache they felt in the Texas shooting’s aftermath. “It was like reliving Sandy Hook again for me,” one father said.
Several parents whose children were killed in past school shootings offered solace and guidance to grieving Uvalde parents as they reflected on the agonizing journey that
awaits the families impacted by last week’s mass shooting.
“There are no words,” said Patricia Oliver, whose 18-year-old son Joaquin was
killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.

“There’s no situation that can give you that peace, that person that you lost back.”
Last week, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 21 people, including 19 children and two teachers, all of whom were in the same fourth-grade classroom. The massacre is the latest in an ever-growing list of school shootings that have exposed more than 300,000 American school children to gun violence in the past two decades.
The impacted Uvalde families now join a terrible but increasingly
populous club of parents who have lost children in school shootings.
Four parents whose children were killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre spoke to Insider in the aftermath of Uvalde, sharing their outrage and heartache at the all-too-familiar scene unfolding in Texas.

**Stirring painful memories**
It’s been nearly ten years since Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was murdered in his 1st grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. But watching the Uvalde tragedy unfold brought the painful memories instantly flooding back. “I can’t help but think, what I went through,” Heslin told Insider.
“It was like reliving Sandy Hook again for me.” Heslin is all too aware of the impossible tasks that await the Uvalde families: planning funerals, battling political agendas, and laying their small children to rest.
“It’s a long, long process and you never get over it,” he said.
The wounds are still fresh for Lori Alhadeff, who lost her 14-year-old daughter Alyssa Alhadeff at Parkland in 2018.
“It really brings back all the emotions from four years ago,” Alhadeff said.
Oliver, whose son was also a victim of the Florida shooting, said the Uvalde attack made her feel like her son’s murder had just happened that morning.
Once a family is unwittingly forced to join this awful club, it’s important that they realize that their healing journey will be lifelong and non-linear, the parents said.
“It’s like a roller coaster. You know, one moment you could be fine,” Alhadeff said.
“The next moment you’re walking in a grocery store and they could be playing music on the radio and it just emotionally breaks you down.”
Each person will cope differently, too, Oliver said.
“Everything is valid. You know, if you want to go out and dance, it’s valid.
If you want to get drunk, go on, do it,” she said. “But you have to…be you and
drain that pain that is gonna be with you, sadly, for the rest of your life.”

A man mourns at a makeshift memorial for the Robb Elementary School shooting victims outside the Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas on May 27, 2022. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty ©

The small town of Uvalde — like Parkland and Newtown before it — has been descended upon by authorities, journalists, and do-gooders in the aftermath of last week’s shooting.
But the media circus will eventually die down and the country will move on to the next inevitable catastrophe, leaving the families alone with their grief, the parents told Insider.
“When the world leaves and when the friends and family leave, that is when the real healing work begins,” Lewis said.
Lewis, who started the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement following her son’s death,
said she found comfort in knowing that the country and the world mourned with her.
“Not only adults, but mostly children sending notes and offers of condolences and prayers,” she said. “That helped tremendously.”
Alhadeff encouraged Uvalde parents to take care of themselves and surround themselves with loving and supporting people as they grieve.
“Your friends, family, the community loves you, supports you and will help you move forward,” she told Insider.
Oliver, who knows these parents’ pain, said she was sending Uvalde “love” and “strength.”
“You don’t think that you’re going to survive, but you do survive,” Lewis said.

Exclusive: Surviving student in Uvalde elementary school shooting details what she saw.

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***Multiple people injured in shooting at Wisconsin cemetery***
***during the funeral. David K. Li and Suzanne Ciechalski***

**CHICAGO (CBS) —** Police in Racine, Wisconsin, are investigating after several shots were fired at Graceland Cemetery, reportedly during a funeral for a man who was shot
and killed by police last month.
Racine Police have confirmed that, shortly before 2:30 p.m., multiple shots were fired at the cemetery. CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports there were “multiple victims,” but police could not immediately provide further details on how many people had been shot.
Police have urged people to avoid the area due to a “critical incident.”
CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports the Racine County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed they have not been called to the scene. Ascension All Saints Hospital, located about a half mile from the cemetery, is on lockdown.

Just before 2:30 p.m., multiple shots were fired at the cemetery, Racine police said
in a tweet. “There are victims but unknown how many at this time,” police said.
“The scene is still active and being investigated.”
Racine police asked people to avoid the area around the Graceland Cemetery,
along the 3600 block of Osborne Boulevard. Several streets were blocked.
Ascension All Saints Hospital, adjacent to the cemetery, went on lockdown.

According to the Racine Journal Times, residents reported hearing 20 to 30 shots.
It was not immediately clear how many people were shot or the extent of their injuries.
A Racine Fire Department official directed a reporter to the police department for information.
An interment for Da’Shontay L. King Sr., the man fatally shot by Racine police May 20,
was taking place at the cemetery Thursday afternoon, according to his obituary.
WTMJ-TV reported that an official at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home and
Crematory confirmed that the shooting occurred at King’s internment.
*This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:*
*Multiple shots fired, unknown number of victims at Racine’s Graceland Cemetery*

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A man mourns at a makeshift memorial for the Robb Elementary School shooting victims outside the Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas on May 27, 2022. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images — Dora Mendoza (R), the grandmother of Amerie Jo Garza, who died in the mass shooting, mourns at a makeshift memorial outside Uvalde County Courthouse in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images.

Parents of school shooting victims to Uvalde:
‘You don’t think that you’re going to survive, but you do survive’

Uvalde has brought back painful memories for parents who have lost kids in school shootings. Four such parents spoke to Insider about the heartache they felt in the Texas shooting’s aftermath. “It was like reliving Sandy Hook again for me,” one father said.
Several parents whose children were killed in past school shootings offered solace and guidance to grieving Uvalde parents as they reflected on the agonizing journey that
awaits the families impacted by last week’s mass shooting.
“There are no words,” said Patricia Oliver, whose 18-year-old son Joaquin was
killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.

“There’s no situation that can give you that peace, that person that you lost back.”
Last week, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 21 people, including 19 children and two teachers, all of whom were in the same fourth-grade classroom. The massacre is the latest in an ever-growing list of school shootings that have exposed more than 300,000 American school children to gun violence in the past two decades.
The impacted Uvalde families now join a terrible but increasingly
populous club of parents who have lost children in school shootings.
Four parents whose children were killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre spoke to Insider in the aftermath of Uvalde, sharing their outrage and heartache at the all-too-familiar scene unfolding in Texas.

**Stirring painful memories**
It’s been nearly ten years since Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis’ 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was murdered in his 1st grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. But watching the Uvalde tragedy unfold brought the painful memories instantly flooding back. “I can’t help but think, what I went through,” Heslin told Insider.
“It was like reliving Sandy Hook again for me.” Heslin is all too aware of the impossible tasks that await the Uvalde families: planning funerals, battling political agendas, and laying their small children to rest.
“It’s a long, long process and you never get over it,” he said.
The wounds are still fresh for Lori Alhadeff, who lost her 14-year-old daughter Alyssa Alhadeff at Parkland in 2018.
“It really brings back all the emotions from four years ago,” Alhadeff said.
Oliver, whose son was also a victim of the Florida shooting, said the Uvalde attack made her feel like her son’s murder had just happened that morning.
Once a family is unwittingly forced to join this awful club, it’s important that they realize that their healing journey will be lifelong and non-linear, the parents said.
“It’s like a roller coaster. You know, one moment you could be fine,” Alhadeff said.
“The next moment you’re walking in a grocery store and they could be playing music on the radio and it just emotionally breaks you down.”
Each person will cope differently, too, Oliver said.
“Everything is valid. You know, if you want to go out and dance, it’s valid.
If you want to get drunk, go on, do it,” she said. “But you have to…be you and
drain that pain that is gonna be with you, sadly, for the rest of your life.”

A man mourns at a makeshift memorial for the Robb Elementary School shooting victims outside the Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas on May 27, 2022. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty ©

The small town of Uvalde — like Parkland and Newtown before it — has been descended upon by authorities, journalists, and do-gooders in the aftermath of last week’s shooting.
But the media circus will eventually die down and the country will move on to the next inevitable catastrophe, leaving the families alone with their grief, the parents told Insider.
“When the world leaves and when the friends and family leave, that is when the real healing work begins,” Lewis said.
Lewis, who started the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement following her son’s death,
said she found comfort in knowing that the country and the world mourned with her.
“Not only adults, but mostly children sending notes and offers of condolences and prayers,” she said. “That helped tremendously.”
Alhadeff encouraged Uvalde parents to take care of themselves and surround themselves with loving and supporting people as they grieve.
“Your friends, family, the community loves you, supports you and will help you move forward,” she told Insider.
Oliver, who knows these parents’ pain, said she was sending Uvalde “love” and “strength.”
“You don’t think that you’re going to survive, but you do survive,” Lewis said.

Exclusive: Surviving student in Uvalde elementary school shooting details what she saw.

Mom who ran into school during Uvalde, Texas shooting discusses moments inside.

***Multiple people injured in shooting at Wisconsin cemetery***
***during the funeral. David K. Li and Suzanne Ciechalski***

**CHICAGO (CBS) —** Police in Racine, Wisconsin, are investigating after several shots were fired at Graceland Cemetery, reportedly during a funeral for a man who was shot
and killed by police last month.
Racine Police have confirmed that, shortly before 2:30 p.m., multiple shots were fired at the cemetery. CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports there were “multiple victims,” but police could not immediately provide further details on how many people had been shot.
Police have urged people to avoid the area due to a “critical incident.”
CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports the Racine County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed they have not been called to the scene. Ascension All Saints Hospital, located about a half mile from the cemetery, is on lockdown.

Just before 2:30 p.m., multiple shots were fired at the cemetery, Racine police said
in a tweet. “There are victims but unknown how many at this time,” police said.
“The scene is still active and being investigated.”
Racine police asked people to avoid the area around the Graceland Cemetery,
along the 3600 block of Osborne Boulevard. Several streets were blocked.
Ascension All Saints Hospital, adjacent to the cemetery, went on lockdown.

According to the Racine Journal Times, residents reported hearing 20 to 30 shots.
It was not immediately clear how many people were shot or the extent of their injuries.
A Racine Fire Department official directed a reporter to the police department for information.
An interment for Da’Shontay L. King Sr., the man fatally shot by Racine police May 20,
was taking place at the cemetery Thursday afternoon, according to his obituary.
WTMJ-TV reported that an official at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home and
Crematory confirmed that the shooting occurred at King’s internment.
*This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:*
*Multiple shots fired, unknown number of victims at Racine’s Graceland Cemetery*

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Details by Britt McHenry

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Ken

At the end of February, I found out I had a brain tumor.
It was in my left frontal lobe—and it was very large.

Britt McHenry Bares Midriff in Pic Celebrating 2 Years Cancer-Free (survivornet.com)
“If you would have told me two and a 1/4 year ago, when I was diagnosed with brain cancer, I’d be standing back on the sidelines covering football … I’m not sure I’d believe you,” she writes. “It felt so natural. My love and passion will always be sports media.
I’ve worn different hats, covered politics and news, but this … it’s where I thrive.”
“Let this be a reminder: No matter what adversity you face or obstacles you overcome … you’re stronger than what you’re facing. Love y’all.

Thankfully (because of COVID-19), I was able to have surgery just 8 days after discovering the tumor. Britt McHenry shares photo from post brain surgery on March 04, 2020 (larrybrownsports.com)

brittmchenry Verified: At the end of February, I found out I had a brain tumor.
It was in my left frontal lobe—and it was very large. Thankfully (because of COVID-19),
I was able to have surgery just 8 days after discovering the tumor.
I struggled a bit emotionally with that quick turn of events later.
The headaches I had attributed to stress from hard stuff I was experiencing were actually brain tumor symptoms. It had grown so large; it was near my eyes and the headaches involved vomiting. In fact, one time landing at LaGuardia,
I had to sprint to a trash can and throw up (in front of the entire terminal…not fun).
The headaches would get so bad, I’d have to wake up in the middle of the night and
put ice packs on my head.
As soon as we get out of #corona quarantine, I promise to dedicate my time to helping brain tumor patients, especially young patients like myself, as much as I can.

Brain Tumor Surgery | Johns Hopkins Medicine
A chiropractor suggested I get an MRI. I will always be grateful to him.
It brought tears to my eyes to read your messages of support.
My family, friends and boyfriend and all of you got me through a difficult time.
Thank you @johnshopkinssph @hopkinsmedicine for saving my life.
And thank you to those still fighting the same battle. My next MRI is in early May.
I’m back to work (from home) on TV. Medicine and prayer are both amazing things.
I Will be eternally thankful to the world class surgeon and the medical team.
These pictures include the before surgery, after (face was swollen) and now
(Minus some serious recovery and quarantine roots, feel me ladies)?
We’re all stronger than the adversity we face. #braintumorawareness #braintumor

**Keeping Your Cancer Battle Private**.
More than a year after announcing her brain cancer diagnosis, former Fox Nation host Britt McHenry is back on the field — where she “thrives.” On Sept. 19, she posted to Instagram for the first time in more than a year with an update about how she’s doing post-cancer diagnosis, and everything seems to be going well for her. Battling cancer is
an extremely personal experience, and so is choosing who to tell about your diagnosis.
Hope After Brain Cancer

**” Britt McHenry’s Cancer Diagnosis.”**
McHenry was originally trying to keep her diagnosis under wraps, which many in the SurvivorNet community can certainly understand. But when news of her health leaked online in February 2020, she decided to take control of the narrative.
She shared with her supporters that a tumor was found on her brain; she added that
she would be having surgery. She said that her doctors believe the tumor was cancerous,
but it was unknown at the time.

**“I had good & bad news today,” she posted.**
Britt McHenry shared an update about her health in April 2020, just after she had surgery for her brain cancer. She disclosed that a tumor was found in her left frontal lobe, and it was “very large.” “I struggled a bit emotionally with that quick turn of events later,” she posted on Instagram about the surgery. “The headaches I had attributed to stress from hard stuff I was experiencing were actually brain tumor symptoms.
It had grown so large; it was near my eyes and the headaches involved vomiting.
” She also shared that a chiropractor suggested she get an MRI, which caught her cancer.
“I will always be grateful to him,” she says.

“I’m back to work (from home) on TV. Medicine and prayer are both amazing things.
Will be eternally thankful to the world class surgeon and the medical team.
” McHenry was a commentator on Fox Nation and hosted Un-PC, a show on the streaming service. However, she parted ways with Fox over the summer after settling a lawsuit with the television network over a sexual harassment claim she filed in December 2019. In the lawsuit, she claimed that Tyrus, her former co-host, engaged in inappropriate behavior. That behavior included what’s been described as sexually charged text messages.
McHenry is now a host for WTTG/FOX 5 News in Washington, D.C.
Before her time with Fox Nation, she was at ESPN for four years.

**Keeping Your Cancer Battle Private: McHenry’s Decision**
While she’s since shared a lot of details about her diagnosis, the stage and type of cancer
McHenry has is unknown as she never released that information to the public. This was most likely done in an effort to keep as much of her diagnosis as possible private, considering she didn’t even want to share that she was sick in the first place.
She ended up disclosing most of her cancer journey on social media, but it’s unclear if she would’ve shared if she wasn’t forced to correct the narrative caused by the rumors about her health that were circulating last year. Battling cancer is an extremely personal experience, and so is choosing to whom you want to disclose your diagnosis.

Former Fox Nation Host Britt McHenry, 35, is Back on the Football Field Sidelines
One Year After Brain Cancer Diagnosis: ‘Where I Thrive’ | SurvivorNet
For some people, it’s a no-brainer to share their struggle and absorb as much support as possible, while for others, sharing the news doesn’t come so easily. Dr. Marianna Strongin, a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Strong In Therapy Psychology, tells Survivor Net that whether someone shares this heavy news is their personal preference.

Related: ‘It’s a Person’s Preference’: Why Some People Share Their Cancer Battles, and Why Others Keep It Quiet | Survivor Net “I recommend sharing, I’m a therapist,” Strongin says with a laugh, “but to whom and how many people is up to the person (with cancer). ”From a psychological stance, “the more that we share, the less likely we are to feel shame, and shame is quite toxic; it makes us feel alone and it makes us feel like there’s something wrong with us,” she says.

**“In that instance, it’s better to share; sharing is more connecting.**
”Regardless of what you decide, “everyone should focus on what makes them feel good,” Strongin says.Finding Your Support System: Heidi Kugler’s Survivor Story Not All Brain Tumors Are Cancerous Naturally, a lot of people think “cancer” when they hear the word tumor. However, most brain tumors aren’t actually cancerous. Less than one third (about 32%) of brain tumors are considered malignant (cancerous), according to the American Brain Tumor Association. If a tumor is made up of normal-looking cells, then the tumor is benign. But these tumors may still require treatment, such as surgery.

Because of this, they are often referred to as “non-malignant,” since the word benign can be misleading. The most common type of non-malignant brain tumors are meningiomas, however, there are 120 different types of brain and central nervous system tumors, according to ABTA.
Oftentimes after an MRI, a biopsy will be performed on a brain tumor to determine
its type. Sometimes, the results of imaging tests show that a tumor is likely to be non-malignant, and a biopsy is not necessary. Britt McHenry didn’t disclose whether or not
she had a biopsy, simply stating that her tumor would be removed with surgery.
*Contributing: Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore*

As I was wheeled into the operating room at Johns Hopkins on March 4, 2020, for an eight-hour craniotomy, for just a second, I thought, “I didn’t know if I’m going to wake up from this.” Gratefully, I DID wake up, after my amazing team successfully removed a grade 2 astrocytoma the size of two golf balls from my left frontal lobe.

**The first thing I asked for was A cup of coffee.**
I listened to Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Piña Colada Song) on repeat to cheer
myself up. I was in the ICU after all, bright lights all around me, wearing what looked
like a helmet of gauze on my head. I even joked that I should put the NFL logo on it.
When my medical team eventually took my “helmet” of gauze off, the swelling
moved from my head to my face. With my career in broadcast news and sports,
I was nervous to eventually go back on camera. “Would my face still look bloated?”
I wondered. “Am I going to be seen as damaged goods?”
The physical and emotional trauma after diagnosis and surgery — along with Covid-19 lockdown less than two weeks later — were the most challenging times of my life.

I felt like I lost a part of me, because physically, I did.
All told, I’m an extroverted, confident person. But for the first three weeks after surgery,
I experienced intense mood changes. I’d get impatient and angry.
Then, I’d have bouts of depression. The fear of fatality would hit me.
I felt half-dead. I would only learn later that decreased motivation, mood swings and even drastic changes in personality are symptoms of frontal lobe trauma.
My expert neurosurgeon, Dr. Henry Brem, essentially said to me, “You’re going to feel this in a month. It will take you, and it’s OK to feel that. It’s not normal to have your head cut open.”

He was right. Acceptance was hard. My confidence only came back about six months ago.
What have I learned from all this?
Those little things we get bogged down by, *they just don’t matter*.
Early in my career, I was very competitive. At one point, I had two jobs, traveling between New York and Washington D.C. All I cared about was job and career advancement.

When I started having next-level migraines,
like most Americans, I told myself,
“It’s just stress, I have to push through it.”

But after trying self-care, massage and acupuncture for six to eight months,
I decided to see a chiropractor.
When I shared my symptoms, he immediately scheduled an MRI.
Soon after the MRI, the lead radiologist called me into his office.
As I walked down the cold, sterile hallway, I began to cry. I knew something was wrong.
When I walked in, I could see on an array of monitors, there was my tumor, clear as day.
It was massive.
When I heard the word, “brain lesion,” I thought I was going to die.
But I did not die from my brain tumor, and I am here to tell you now
that YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Whether you are a survivor like me, or a caregiver, or a friend or co-worker of a brain tumor survivor, during Brain Tumor Awareness Month, I encourage you to share your story.
I want the general public to have a little more understanding.
Having a brain tumor is a life-enduring medical issue.
The more we can share, the more we can heal.

*Britt McHenry is a former ESPN Reporter and Fox News Contributor.*
*Check out her new podcast,* Pump the Brakes, wherever you find your favorite podcasts.
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After my mom’s diagnosis, I remembered interviewing Megan at the Woodstock Fruit Festival in 2013 and had to share this inspiring video. I hope Megan’s story motivates
you to improve your health and wellbeing by eating more raw fruits and vegetables.
Be sure to educate yourself by watching The Truth About Cancer Live Symposium

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Rawsynergytv. interviewing Megan at the Woodstock Fruit Festival in 2013
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**Medical Edge: Cancer survivor east whole food diet.**
CINCINNATI (Liz Bonis) — A local woman who survived cancer said a change in
her diet made all the difference. A young cancer survivor said she had new hope
after not just traditional treatment but also a big change in her diet.
She was part of a team who said people should WATCH Plant Pure Nation documentary
It shares details on the importance of a diet based on whole foods.
Laura Wilson who was diagnosed with brain cancer said, about 14 months ago.
Wilson was grateful to many of the people who not only provided traditional treatment
for glioblastoma multiforme, but an aggressive high grade brain tumor also; they followed
it up by introducing her to a diet that is now growing in popularity across the country.

**WATCH:** Medical Edge: Cancer survivor east whole food diet – YouTube

That’s thanks in part to a documentary now showing in many parts of the country called PlantPure Nation. The movie suggested people all could benefit from a vegan diet which cuts out food from animals such as meat and adds in more fruits, vegetables and whole or unprocessed foods. Doctor Rekha Chaudhary was Wilson’s cancer specialist. She said in just the time Wilson has been on this type of diet, Her MRI’s have been looking really good. Wilson however said there was something else about it that was really healing,
It was something that we could do to give me a better chance and it gave us hope, which is something we didn’t have in a lot of other avenues to pursue. Whether or not people want to go completely vegan, there are a lot of reasons to eat more plants in the diet.

Restaurants like Rooted, which are vegan allow people to have more options when they
eat out. Really what it comes down to is a what they call a shift of the plate, rather than just covering the plate with meat and potatoes people may actually want to put more plants on the plate.

Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutrition professor, said, Really, it’s amazing; you start eating this way and the next thing you know you start craving a salad. The idea was that the earlier people start eating this way the more they give their body what it needs each day to stay well. Doctor Chaudhary said people need more science based studies to support the idea.

Here’s a sample of some of what’s at Rooted: Plant Pure Nation Trailer – YouTube
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24-Year-Old Brain Cancer Survivor Who Lost His Eyesight Has Vision Restored and Can See Girlfriend For The First Time. – Search (bing.com)

Florida Salesman Survives Brain Cancer Twice, and Bone Cancer with Baseball-Sized Tumor: ‘When It Matters, My Default Is Positivity and Optimism’ | Survivor Net

**Tori Svenson,** overcame childhood brain cancer, was crowned Miss Columbus
State University 2022, to qualify for the Miss Georgia scholarship competition.
New Miss CSU ready to tackle childhood cancer research – Columbus State University
Stage 4 Cancer Survivor – Annie’s Story | The Essential Health Blog (essense-of-life.com)
How I survived a stage 4 GBM and had a healthy baby after 2 years of Chemo
My dad has a glioblastoma (brain cancer) | Cancer Quick Facts (solitarius.org)
Cancer Survival Stories – 4 People That Healed Cancer with Natural Remedies
Heidi Kugler’s Survivor Story Not All Brain Tumors Are Cancerous Naturally,
Brain cancer now deadliest for U.S. children: study | Reuters
Susan Hilburger, brain cancer survivor – Search (bing.com)
Brain Tumor Survivor Stories (virtualtrials.org.)

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America’s Population Density

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Ken

Collectively, to this extent, all of the red areas add up to more than the sum of the area
covered by the Gray Area on this map.

With this in mind, it’s quite obvious that Americans will almost always favor the coasts!

Map Shows How Many European Countries Can Fit Into the Continental US (matadornetwork.com)

The United States is huge, and this map depicts all of the countries that could fit inside
it in terms of area, with some room to spare. As you can see, there’s a lot.

A few more fun facts: if it were its own country.

Texas would be the 39th largest country in the world (out of 197)
You could fit all of the UK inside Texas 2.8 times. Even more amazingly,
you could fit 10 European countries inside Texas at once, with room to spare.

How the Great Lakes were formed – Simply put, the Great Lakes
were created by glaciers. So much for the human race causing Climate Change 🙂

The Very Cold Case of the Glacier – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Well, during what is called the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) or about 21,000 years ago, North America was covered by an ice sheet called the Laurentide Ice Sheet that was approximately **four kilometers (about 2.5 miles) thick** and 13 million sq kilometers wide (5 million sq miles). About 18,000 years ago, As the glacier melted, it slowly moved toward Canada and left behind a series of large depressions that filled with water.
These formed the basic shape of the Great Lakes, How do glaciers shape the landscape? Animation from geog.1 Kerboodle. – YouTube

DEA’s Map of Cartel Influence in The United States

The U.S. DEA released its annual National Drug Threat Assessment, which shows which states have been infiltrated by Mexican drug cartels. According to the report, various cartels wield significant power in most US states, with the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion having the most clout. The Sinaloa Cartel, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cartel del Golfo, Organización de Beltrán-Leyva, and Los Rojos are all represented on this map, in Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Chicago, New York, Florida, Kansas, Colorado, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

This map illustrates which regions of the United States have the lightest pollution, so if you consider yourself a stargazing hobbyist, it may be prudent to avoid the East Coast –
or, for that matter, the entire eastern half of the United States.

The eastern half of the United States appears to be not only brighter but also noisier.
The moral of the story is to avoid — the eastern half of the country and large cities in
general if you despise people.

… Indeed, it is our solar system’s largest volcano, Mons Olympus.

As illustrated above, it is so large that it would not fit inside the state of Arizona
and is twice the height of Mount Everest. Can you even fathom the devastation
that would result if this thing erupted? Or perhaps we don’t want to know…

**Middle America’s Population**

As previously stated, it is no secret that Americans gravitate toward the coasts, but this map puts it into perspective. The orange sections correspond to a population equal to that of the red section in its entirety. So, if you also enjoy nature and solitude, the red section (known as the flyover states or middle America) may be for you!

Route to all of the Springfields

The United States has a LOT of Springfields – 33 to be exact, with five in
Wisconsin alone! And that does not include the townships (in which case, there are 36).
If you’ve ever wished you could visit all of them in a single trip, this is the map for you!
It indicates the shortest route.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXH2rfDmpEs
**This Land Is Your Land (Lee Greenwood with Lyrics, Contemporary)**
One moment in time / – YouTube
Song: One Moment In Time (Live)
Artist: Dana Winner
Album: One Moment In Time
Writers: Albert Hammond
The best 👏👏

Places Johnny Cash Has Been in ‘I’ve Been Everywhere.’ – video

The song “I’ve Been Everywhere” by Johnny Cash depicts his claims of
having traveled worldwide, along with all of the places shown on this map.

Interesting Maps That Will Change Your Perspective | Tiparents

Biden Administration Was Wrong About Inflation, Janet Yellen Says, Amid Grim Polls

A woman was gored and tossed by a bison after approaching the animal in Yellowstone.
Park officials are reminding visitors to keep back more than 25 yards from large animals such as bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose and coyotes – and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves.

Natural gas export boom threatens US Gulf Coast. – Search (bing.com)Biden’s fantastical claim of $500 in annual utility savings (msn.com)
Biden Is ‘Frustrated’ with Myriad of Issues Tanking Approval Ratings, from Inflation to Gun Violence: Report (msn.com)
Uvalde elementary school shooting: Photo shows hero Border Patrol agent with borrowed shotgun (msn.com)
Biden admin ‘directly responsible’ for gas prices, inflation and they’ll pay for it in midterms: Rep. Emmer (msn.com)
Could This Be the Reason Why Police Reportedly Didn’t Enter Texas School to Confront the Shooter? (townhall.com)
Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen blasted on Twitter after admitting ‘I was wrong’ on inflation: ‘Resign’ (msn.com)
German leader says Russian economy is collapsing; Putin fires 5 more generals: Live Ukraine updates
“More than 80% of workers concerned about recession, says CNBC’s All-America Workforce Survey”
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admits she was WRONG to say inflation would only be ‘transitory’
Harris unveils White House plan to tackle water scarcity as national security priority (msn.com)
Inflation is already in the pipeline, very little can be done today, says Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel.

“Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen: Inflation is way too high, a big burden on American households”
High gas prices complicate Democrats’ hopes of picking up US House seats in California
Why US gas prices are at a record, and why they’ll stay high for a long time (msn.com)
Jamie Dimon warns of an economic ‘hurricane’ coming: ‘Brace yourself’ (msn.com)
Europe’s Russian Oil Ban Could Mean a New World Order for Energy (msn.com)
Why Biden’s inflation blitz is falling flat after a major miscalculation (msn.com)
Texas school shooting survivor, 10, recalls best friend’s last words (msn.com)
Biden says he heard late about baby formula shortage (msn.com)
Rising Gas Prices: The True Cost of Going Electric (msn.com)
FDA audited over baby formula crisis (msn.com)

I survived the Columbine massacre 23 years ago. Now my kids have to fear the next one.
Mother who ran into Texas school during shooting discusses moments inside – YouTube
Gas prices are skyrocketing. Here’s why people haven’t cut back on spending – yet
Biden keeps repeating false Second Amendment claim, despite repeated fact checks
Climate expert on ‘problems’ with Biden administration’s renewable energy push
U.S. COVID Cases Are 5 Times Higher Now Than Last Memorial Day Weekend
Experts Warn of Summer Energy Blackouts during Biden’s Green Transition
Used Car Bubble Likely To Burst In 2022, Chip Shortage Crisis To End Soon
“It is striking to compare the United States to other members of its wealthy,
Biden to push new economic agenda, migration plan at Americas summit
Italy Has a Gun Culture but No Mass Shootings—Here’s Why (msn.com)
Harris unveils plan to ‘elevate’ water security in foreign policy (msn.com)
What other countries could teach Ted Cruz about solving a gun crisis.
Biden cannot admit the truth about his inflation problem (msn.com)
Smiles, unicorns, softball: Young shooting victims recalled (msn.com)
Even after shootings, experts warn against cellphones in schools
English-speaking cohort,” says Chris Hayes – Search (bing.com)
Joe Biden Keeps Getting His Gun Facts Wrong (msn.com)
White House denies Biden is at fault for inflation (msn.com)

‘I am a 53-year-old single man with very little savings’:
I want to take out a 30-year mortgage, but pay it off in 7 years. Is that possible?
The-fed-needs-to-get-inflation-under-control-quickly-says-mohamed-el-erian
US will see higher gas prices if oil production is not increased: Former energy secretary
What The Latest USDA Predictions Say About Food Inflation In The US? (msn.com)
This-ventriloquist-surprised-the-judges-on-America-s-Got-Talent – Search (bing.com)
US gas prices hit a new record high as more states pay $5 or more per gallon
Biden’s ex daughter-in-law opens up about marriage to Hunter (msn.com)

Suze Orman Says Today’s Economic Climate Is Worse Than Before the Pandemic
Lumber prices plunge 12% to new 2022 lows as wood inventories start to pile up
States Whose Economies Are Failing vs. States Whose Economies Are Thriving
When it comes to heat, summer of 1988 was worse (patriotledger.com)
Rising cost of living hurts U.S. consumer confidence; house prices soar
Oil prices surge, gas hits new high after E.U. cracks down on Russia
Gas prices soar past $8 per gallon at California gas station (msn.com)
Inflation drives Americans’ gloom about the economy (msn.com)
President Biden’s 3-Part Plan for Cooling Inflation (msn.com)
In shift, White House starts to talk up economy (msn.com)
Gas prices make another painful jump. – Search (bing.com)
What Biden is really saying about the economy (msn.com)
Which president did the best job with inflation?(msn.com)
Biden’s plan to make inflation worse (msn.com)
Biden’s pathetic inflation plan (msn.com)

18 – Search (bing.com)

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[FINAL COUNTDOWN] ⏳

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Ken

**Scientists Figure Out Why Some Lifelong Smokers Never Develop Cancer.**

SMOKERS FACE THE BIGGEST RISK OF DEVELOPING LUNG CANCER, EVEN IF IT DOESN’T RESULT IN EVERY LONG-TERM SMOKER DEVELOPING THE DISEASE.

A NEW STUDY SHOWS WHY.
Researchers have identified a set of genetic markers that help even smokers live longer and protect them from deadly diseases such as cancer. “We identified a set of genetic markers that together seem to promote longevity,” said corresponding author of the
study Morgan Levine from University of California-Los Angeles.
The study identified a network of single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs
(a DNA sequence variation occurring commonly within a population) that allow
certain individuals to better withstand environmental damage (like smoking)
and mitigate damage.

There is evidence that these genes may facilitate lifespan extension by increasing cellular maintenance and repair,” Levine noted. Therefore, even though some individuals are exposed to high levels of biological stressors, like those found in cigarette smoke, their bodies may be better set up to cope with and repair the damage,” Levine pointed out.
Smoking has been shown to have drastic consequences for lifespan and disease progression, and it has been suggested that cigarette exposure may impact the risk of death and disease via its acceleration of the aging process.
The new findings suggest that longevity, rather than being entirely determined by environmental factors, may be under the regulation of complex genetic networks which influence stress resistance and genomic stability. Genomic instability also happens to be one of the hallmarks of cancer pathogenesis, and so the same genes that may promote survival among smokers may also be important for cancer prevention.

Scientists have developed a better understanding of lifelong smokers and their relationship to lung cancer.
While lung cancer’s largest risk is smoking on a regular basis, the majority of smokers don’t develop lung cancer.
Turns out, people’s genes play an important role, in particular the cells that line their lungs. Researchers spotted this benefit in the lungs of regular smokers, finding cells that are less likely to mutate with the passage of time.

A small study, published in *Nature* and made by researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, made this discovery. Researchers have long speculated that smoking triggers people’s DNA to mutate, something that was proved in this study, which looked into the lungs of 14 non-smokers and 19 light, moderate and heavy smokers, comparing and contrasting their results.

Their findings on heavy smokers suggest that some people’s DNAS are more likely to repair itself over time, protecting them from cancers that could arise due to exposing
their lungs to harmful agents in smoke.
“Our data suggest that these individuals may have survived for so long in spite of their heavy smoking because they managed to suppress further mutation accumulation. This leveling off of mutations could stem from these people having very proficient systems for repairing DNA damage or detoxifying cigarette smoke,” said pulmonologist Simon Spivack from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

This finding could explain why 80% to 90% of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer.
Other factors like people’s diets, physical activity, and lifestyle could have an impact on their odds of developing cancers, including that of the lungs. Aside from understanding the disease further, the study’s results could lead to better disease prevention and could help physicists spot the disease earlier on, something pivotal in the disease’s prognosis.
“This may prove to be an important step toward the prevention and early detection of lung cancer risk and away from the current herculean efforts needed to battle late-stage disease, where the majority of health expenditures and misery occur,” said Spivack.

Maria Loreto – The Fresh Toast

**RELATED: Is It Smoking Weed Or Just Smoking That’s Bad For Your Heart?**

Why some smokers get cancer and others don’t: Scientists discover genes that ‘lower the risk of early death’. Researchers wanted to know why some smokers survive to an old age and found that long-living smokers have specific genes that promote longevity!!!
They help the body’s cells protect themselves from the damage of smoking
‘Longevity’ genes were also linked with an 11% lower incidence of cancer.

By MADLEN DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE

Every smoker is aware their habit puts them at risk of disease and early death –
yet many still live to a ripe old age.

Now, US scientists have discovered it may be down to their genes.
Smokers who live for a long time may have specific genes promoting a lengthy lifespan, their study found.
And these ‘longevity’ genes were also linked with an 11 per cent lower incidence of cancer.
Scientists say the genes help the body’s cells maintain and repair themselves, protecting the person from ageing, and environmental damage like smoking. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, figures from the World Health Organization show. It says the tobacco epidemic is ‘one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced’, killing around 6 million people a year.

According to the American Cancer Society, tobacco use accounts for at least 30 percent of all cancer deaths, causing 87 percent of lung cancer deaths in men, and 70 percent of lung cancer deaths in women.
And a body of previous research has suggested that smoking accelerates the aging process and causes disease and an early death.
But not all smokers die early, and a small proportion survive to old age, researchers noted.
To investigate why, they studied smokers who lived for a long time.
They identified these people as having a variant of a gene that allowed them to better withstand environmental damage, like the chemicals from cigarettes.

This gene was strongly linked with a high survival rate.
The study’s author, Morgan Levine, of UCLA, said: ‘We identified a set of genetic markers that together seem to promote longevity. ‘What’s more, many of these markers are in pathways that were discovered to be important for aging and lifespan.’

They may extend a person’s lifespan by helping their cells repair themselves, she added.
The same ‘longevity’ genes might also be important to prevent cancer, researchers said. The study found they were associated with nearly an 11 per cent lower incidence of the disease.
Ms. Levine continued: ‘Therefore, even though some individuals are exposed to high levels of biological stressors, like those found in cigarette smoke, their bodies may be better set up to cope with and repair the damage.’
And the same genes might also be important to prevent cancer, the researchers said.

The study found they were associated with a nearly 11 per cent lower incidence of the disease. The research was published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A:
Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.

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Britain’s oldest smoker died aged 102.

The oldest smoker in Britain died aged 102, after puffing her way through 170,000 cigarettes. Winnie Langley took up the habit only days after World War I broke out in
June 1914 when she was just seven years old.

Winnie Langley RIP – dead because of credit issues
No matter how you spin the story, the article makes it quite clear that Winnie had succumbed because she quit smoking. Only, if you believe the lede, A pensioner, Winnie Langley, who smoked for more than 95 years and only gave up because she could no longer see the end of a match, has died a month short of her 103rd birthday.
Winnie quit because of her poor eyesight. Winnie Langley had already cut down from her five-a-day habit to just one cigarette last year because of the credit crunch. Yeah… and of course, the British health authorities didn’t see it fitting to provide Winnie in her hour of need with the measly five ciggies per day.

Winnie had a good run:

Throughout her life it is thought the defiant OAP, who outlived her husband, son and all of her 10 stepchildren. She even celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigarette from a candle on her birthday cake.

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Energy experts sound alarm about US electric grid: ‘Not designed to withstand the impacts of climate change’
Man who teaches teens how to properly shoot rifles names the ‘one gun law we should change right away’
US will see higher gas prices if oil production is not increased: Former energy secretary
U.S. COVID Cases Are 5 Times Higher Now Than Last Memorial Day Weekend (msn.com)
US inflation won’t slow for ‘another 18 months,’ economist Steve Moore says (msn.com)
40-year-high inflation ‘elephant in the room’ for American families | Fox News Video
Larry Kudlow: Why Biden’s inflation plan will not work (msn.com)
Inflation drives Americans’ gloom about the economy (msn.com)
What Biden is really saying about the economy (msn.com)
Crime Prevention Research Center (crimeresearch.org)
Five takeaways from Biden’s inflation plan | The Hill
Biden’s Economic Plan – Search (bing.com)

Study Says Smoking Cigarettes Makes People Look Uglier — **Scientists Figure Out Why Some Lifelong Smokers Never Develop Cancer.**

SMOKERS FACE THE BIGGEST RISK OF DEVELOPING LUNG CANCER, EVEN IF IT DOESN’T RESULT IN EVERY LONG-TERM SMOKER DEVELOPING THE DISEASE.

A NEW STUDY SHOWS WHY.
Researchers have identified a set of genetic markers that help even smokers live longer and protect them from deadly diseases such as cancer. “We identified a set of genetic markers that together seem to promote longevity,” said corresponding author of the
study Morgan Levine from University of California-Los Angeles.
The study identified a network of single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs
(a DNA sequence variation occurring commonly within a population) that allow
certain individuals to better withstand environmental damage (like smoking)
and mitigate damage.

There is evidence that these genes may facilitate lifespan extension by increasing cellular maintenance and repair,” Levine noted. Therefore, even though some individuals are exposed to high levels of biological stressors, like those found in cigarette smoke, their bodies may be better set up to cope with and repair the damage,” Levine pointed out.
Smoking has been shown to have drastic consequences for lifespan and disease progression, and it has been suggested that cigarette exposure may impact the risk of death and disease via its acceleration of the aging process.
The new findings suggest that longevity, rather than being entirely determined by environmental factors, may be under the regulation of complex genetic networks which influence stress resistance and genomic stability. Genomic instability also happens to be one of the hallmarks of cancer pathogenesis, and so the same genes that may promote survival among smokers may also be important for cancer prevention.

Scientists have developed a better understanding of lifelong smokers and their relationship to lung cancer.
While lung cancer’s largest risk is smoking on a regular basis, the majority of smokers don’t develop lung cancer.
Turns out, people’s genes play an important role, in particular the cells that line their lungs. Researchers spotted this benefit in the lungs of regular smokers, finding cells that are less likely to mutate with the passage of time.

A small study, published in *Nature* and made by researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, made this discovery. Researchers have long speculated that smoking triggers people’s DNA to mutate, something that was proved in this study, which looked into the lungs of 14 non-smokers and 19 light, moderate and heavy smokers, comparing and contrasting their results.

Their findings on heavy smokers suggest that some people’s DNAS are more likely to repair itself over time, protecting them from cancers that could arise due to exposing
their lungs to harmful agents in smoke.
“Our data suggest that these individuals may have survived for so long in spite of their heavy smoking because they managed to suppress further mutation accumulation. This leveling off of mutations could stem from these people having very proficient systems for repairing DNA damage or detoxifying cigarette smoke,” said pulmonologist Simon Spivack from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

This finding could explain why 80% to 90% of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer.
Other factors like people’s diets, physical activity, and lifestyle could have an impact on their odds of developing cancers, including that of the lungs. Aside from understanding the disease further, the study’s results could lead to better disease prevention and could help physicists spot the disease earlier on, something pivotal in the disease’s prognosis.
“This may prove to be an important step toward the prevention and early detection of lung cancer risk and away from the current herculean efforts needed to battle late-stage disease, where the majority of health expenditures and misery occur,” said Spivack.

Maria Loreto – The Fresh Toast

**RELATED: Is It Smoking Weed Or Just Smoking That’s Bad For Your Heart?**

Why some smokers get cancer and others don’t: Scientists discover genes that ‘lower the risk of early death’. Researchers wanted to know why some smokers survive to an old age and found that long-living smokers have specific genes that promote longevity!!!
They help the body’s cells protect themselves from the damage of smoking
‘Longevity’ genes were also linked with an 11% lower incidence of cancer.

By MADLEN DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE

Every smoker is aware their habit puts them at risk of disease and early death –
yet many still live to a ripe old age.

Now, US scientists have discovered it may be down to their genes.
Smokers who live for a long time may have specific genes promoting a lengthy lifespan, their study found.
And these ‘longevity’ genes were also linked with an 11 per cent lower incidence of cancer.
Scientists say the genes help the body’s cells maintain and repair themselves, protecting the person from ageing, and environmental damage like smoking. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, figures from the World Health Organization show. It says the tobacco epidemic is ‘one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced’, killing around 6 million people a year.

According to the American Cancer Society, tobacco use accounts for at least 30 percent of all cancer deaths, causing 87 percent of lung cancer deaths in men, and 70 percent of lung cancer deaths in women.
And a body of previous research has suggested that smoking accelerates the aging process and causes disease and an early death.
But not all smokers die early, and a small proportion survive to old age, researchers noted.
To investigate why, they studied smokers who lived for a long time.
They identified these people as having a variant of a gene that allowed them to better withstand environmental damage, like the chemicals from cigarettes.

This gene was strongly linked with a high survival rate.
The study’s author, Morgan Levine, of UCLA, said: ‘We identified a set of genetic markers that together seem to promote longevity. ‘What’s more, many of these markers are in pathways that were discovered to be important for aging and lifespan.’

They may extend a person’s lifespan by helping their cells repair themselves, she added.
The same ‘longevity’ genes might also be important to prevent cancer, researchers said. The study found they were associated with nearly an 11 per cent lower incidence of the disease.
Ms. Levine continued: ‘Therefore, even though some individuals are exposed to high levels of biological stressors, like those found in cigarette smoke, their bodies may be better set up to cope with and repair the damage.’
And the same genes might also be important to prevent cancer, the researchers said.

The study found they were associated with a nearly 11 per cent lower incidence of the disease. The research was published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A:
Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.

what smoking does to your appearance – Bing video

what smoking does to your lungs – Bing video

what smoking does to your face – Bing video

what smoking does to your eyes – Bing video

what smoking does to your lips – Search (bing.com)
what smoking does to your skin – Bing video

what smoking does to your throat – Search (bing.com)

Britain’s oldest smoker died aged 102.

The oldest smoker in Britain died aged 102, after puffing her way through 170,000 cigarettes. Winnie Langley took up the habit only days after World War I broke out in
June 1914 when she was just seven years old.

Winnie Langley RIP – dead because of credit issues
No matter how you spin the story, the article makes it quite clear that Winnie had succumbed because she quit smoking. Only, if you believe the lede, A pensioner, Winnie Langley, who smoked for more than 95 years and only gave up because she could no longer see the end of a match, has died a month short of her 103rd birthday.
Winnie quit because of her poor eyesight. Winnie Langley had already cut down from her five-a-day habit to just one cigarette last year because of the credit crunch. Yeah… and of course, the British health authorities didn’t see it fitting to provide Winnie in her hour of need with the measly five ciggies per day.

Winnie had a good run:

Throughout her life it is thought the defiant OAP, who outlived her husband, son and all of her 10 stepchildren. She even celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigarette from a candle on her birthday cake.

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Energy experts sound alarm about US electric grid: ‘Not designed to withstand the impacts of climate change’
Man who teaches teens how to properly shoot rifles names the ‘one gun law we should change right away’
US will see higher gas prices if oil production is not increased: Former energy secretary
U.S. COVID Cases Are 5 Times Higher Now Than Last Memorial Day Weekend (msn.com)
US inflation won’t slow for ‘another 18 months,’ economist Steve Moore says (msn.com)
40-year-high inflation ‘elephant in the room’ for American families | Fox News Video
Larry Kudlow: Why Biden’s inflation plan will not work (msn.com)
Inflation drives Americans’ gloom about the economy (msn.com)
What Biden is really saying about the economy (msn.com)
Crime Prevention Research Center (crimeresearch.org)
Five takeaways from Biden’s inflation plan | The Hill
Biden’s Economic Plan – Search (bing.com)

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The Fed’s ‘cure’ for inflation

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Ken

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

Blame the government and the Fed for inflation.
In Musk’s words, “The obvious reason for inflation is that the government printed a
zillion more dollars than it has. This is not super complicated.”  They and other luminaries subscribe to the inflation sophism: “too much money chasing too few goods.”

Yes, we’ve had “too few goods,” due to a pandemic perfect storm — depressed U.S. oil production and manufacturing output, severe supply chain disruptions and war-like labor shortages — but that won’t endure. It was exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has radically reduced global purchases of Russian oil, grain and fertilizer and drastically diminished Ukrainian grain exports.
Meanwhile, our economy rebounded much faster than expected (due largely to the dollars pumped-in by the government and Fed), reviving demand that couldn’t be readily met.
It’s true that when our economy was blindsided by COVID, the government borrowed trillions to send stimulus money to most Americans, and — as it had after the financial crash — the Fed electronically “printed money” to buy nearly $5 trillion of government debt and mortgage securities.

But according to a Washington Post analysis, most of those dollars can’t possibly have stoked inflation — because the financial institutions the Fed paid parked over $2 trillion
in their accounts at the Fed, and American households saved a big chunk of their stimulus, banking about $3 trillion. The Post quotes a former Treasury Department official: “The money supply went up, but… they’re not spending it.” In fact, money is moving through our economy more slowly than at almost any time in 65 years.
Clearly, what impelled inflation was the unprecedented confluence of supply and demand incongruities as a result of the pandemic and war in Ukraine, not “too much money.”
So it’s understandable Fed Chairman Jerome Powell recently said, “Now, we think more of just the imbalances between supply and demand in the real economy rather than monetary aggregates” (our total money stock, referred to as M2, is the paramount monetary aggregate). A refrigerator and pantry stuffed with food won’t make you fat unless you overeat; likewise, even an economy awash with dollars doesn’t inevitably induce lending and spending.

President Biden — despite stellar growth and employment stats — is unfairly maligned for stoking inflation. Historic money metrics further undermine the Bezos/Musk fallacy.
Since 2020, M2 has expanded about 50 percent; total inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has been less than 15 percent. From 2010-2020, with the Fed still ladling lucre onto our economy to resuscitate it from the Great Recession, M2 almost doubled — but CPI increased only 19 percent.

Annual inflation lingered below the Fed’s 2-percent target.
There’s been a similar non-proportionality between M2 and CPI and between annual M2 growth and CPI increases for 52 years. M2 is over 22-times larger than in 1970, but the CPI is only seven-times higher — a 3:1 ratio of M2 growth to inflation.
This disconnect — and the fact that additional money in the economy isn’t automatically lent and spent — is related to another rarely-mentioned reality: Added dollars fuel not only consumption but investment — which stimulates increased productive capacity, business formation and expansion, R&D that spurs innovation and which can draw more people into the workforce. These counteract inflation by adding to output, lowering prices and curbing compensation hikes.

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Amazon and Tesla epitomize how this works. Bezos and Musk built their behemoths when Fed policy was accommodative; investors slung cash at startups. Now Amazon restrains inflation more than any company in history. Tesla collapsed electric vehicle costs, making EVs affordable to a large swath of Americans. SpaceX has astoundingly lowered the cost of space travel.
Yet the Fed and a lot of smart people cling to the canard that Fed tightening is necessary to tame inflation — even if it results in a recession.
Indeed, with one exception, the Fed has brought on recessions with every tightening cycle that continued for over a year — the more prolonged and pronounced the Fed funds rate increases, the longer and deeper the recession. The lone exception was in the middle of the raging 1990s tech boom, which the Fed eventually did kill by more than doubling the Fed funds rate from its 1994 trough.
Many liken today’s inflation to the late 1970s — but that was brought on by the sudden ascendence of OPEC as U.S. oil production was imploding and President Nixon’s wage price controls, a cynical ploy to forestall Fed tightening and unemployment during his 1972 campaign. Nixon’s scheme fomented horrific distortions across our economy that ended up supercharging the inflation spiral. Unemployment eventually soared alongside inflation, a cataclysmic combination that never occurred before or since.

Most economists erroneously extol Paul Volcker, the imperious Carter-appointed Fed chairman, for ending that inflation. The horrendous 1982 Volcker recession inflicted untold misery. Unemployment peaked at almost 11 percent — nearly a full point higher than during the Great Recession. In truth, that inflation was conquered by Reagan’s lower tax rates and big investment tax incentives, which substantially boosted productive capacity, as well as his deregulation of energy prices, which promoted domestic production, and his indexing income tax rates to the CPI.
How do we know it wasn’t the Fed that “saved” us from this inflation? Because it almost evaporated after Volcker, amid one of our greatest peacetime booms, with declining Fed rates, Reagan’s massive military buildup and a ballooning budget deficit — all traditionally thought to be inflationary. Over the next 37 years, the CPI increased little more than it had over just the preceding 12 years. During the 1990s tech boom, our longest peacetime expansion, inflation actually dropped to its lowest level since the mid-1960s.

White House Advisor Brian Deese on Inflation.
The Fed and haughty experts ignore that while higher prices are certainly painful,
they’re far preferable to the trauma of losing a job — and at least somewhat neutralized
by compensation increases. Social Security is indexed to the CPI, significantly insulating
nearly 50 million retired seniors.

Fed tightening also swells the value of our already overvalued dollar,
making U.S. exports more expensive and imports cheaper, another blow to our middle-class workers — and abjectly antithetical to the crucial goal of Americanizing our supply chain.
The “conventional wisdom” that the Fed must choke the economy to contain inflation
is an orthodoxy that should go the way of the ancient medical practice of bloodletting.
What’s more, these momentous money tightening decisions are made by an unelected seven-member board of governors, often bulldozed by the Fed chairman. That a group smaller than a jury arrogates the power to dictate the availability of dollars for our entire $24 trillion economy would be considered un-American had it not been normalized by
the elites. It’s akin to the government empowering a tiny, unelected council to constrict the food supply for our whole population to overcome obesity.

While the Fed is ineffectual at achieving “soft landings,” it’s proven quite adroit at ameliorating financial crises and severe slumps. The Fed headed-off catastrophes following the 2008 financial crash and at the pandemic’s onset. So, the Fed’s freedom to combat contractions should be unfettered.
But the Fed’s unchecked power to tighten the money supply must be rescinded.
The Fed funds rate should be permanently set at half GDP growth — or much lower, as it is now, during and after pandemic-level emergencies. And the Fed’s authority to take other contractionary actions should be strictly limited. The current Fed tightening spree should be stopped.
Oddly, many free-market champions are terrified at the prospect of monetary prerogatives being devolved from the Fed star chamber to private lenders (under a regime of sound practices). Obviously, even if they had a zero cost of funds, lenders would want their loans repaid. They’ll maintain ample lending discipline based on borrower creditworthiness and business conditions, which, being closer to the ground, they’re far more qualified to assess than the Fed.
Many who laud the Fed’s current tightening crusade — which, based on history, may well lead to a recession — are in cushy financial situations. Perhaps if they were subject to being laid-off, having their hours cut or losing tip income, they wouldn’t so blithely endorse such a destructive policy.

*Lee Spieckerman is a political strategy and policy consultant and frequent network television and radio commentator. He was an advisor to Newt Gingrich during his*
*2012 presidential campaign and to Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush during*
*his successful 2018 re-election campaign. Previously, he was a longtime media industry executive and consultant. Follow him on Twitter @spieckerman*

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President Biden raised eyebrows on Monday when he spoke about what he considers sensible restrictions on “high-caliber weapons” also in the wake of the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week.

The president recalled visiting a trauma hospital in New York, where he explained doctors showed him X-rays of gunshot wounds that were caused by different firearms.
“They said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out —
may be able to get it and save the life,” Biden told reporters outside of the White House.
“A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body.”
He went on to claim “there’s simply no rational basis for [high-caliber weapons] in terms of thinking about self-protection, hunting.”

So while most Democrats have targeted what they call “assault weapons”
in the wake of the mass shooting, Biden appears to be setting his sights on handguns, too, which isn’t the first time he’s singled out one of the most popular firearms in America.
He also repeated a false claim about the Second Amendment and cannons.
“The Constitution, the Second Amendment was never absolute. You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed,” Biden said. “I think things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it.”

The Washington Post has previously given him four Pinocchio’s for this claim, noting
that no federal law existed about which types of weapons private citizens could own.
“Moreover, Biden has already been fact-checked on this claim — and it’s been deemed false,” fact checker Glenn Kessler continued. “We have no idea where he conjured up this notion about a ban on cannon ownership in the early days of the Republic, but he needs to stop making this claim.
Florida is already a gun-friendly state. Floridians don’t need another law to make it even easier to put deadly weapons in the wrong hands.
It shouldn’t be hard to defeat constitutional carry in a state where the very words, “Parkland” and “Pulse” are synonymous with gun violence.
Poll after poll after poll shows a majority of Americans favor some forms of gun restriction. Ban on military-style, assault weapons? Check. Implement universal background checks? Yes. Restrict the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines? Sure. Allow family members and/or law enforcement to petition a judge to temporarily remove guns from persons seen as risks to themselves or others? Of course.

**Good luck getting any of that enacted, though.**
DeSantis, as well as Republicans in Congress, particularly in the U.S. Senate, have stood firm in opposition. Backed — some might say “paid for” — by the gun lobby, these officials have offered thoughts and prayers, talked up the need to address mental health and rein-in social media, while standing firm against measures to address gun proliferation.
Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and now Robb Elementary — after so much carnage, you’d think this time the response would be different.
It’s not shaping up that way. Congress remains divided on what steps to take to address school shootings, meaning, most likely, nothing gets done. For more than 30 years, the National Rifle Association has been pushing constitutional carry, with Georgia being the 25th state to approve a law the association believes allows law-abiding individuals to carry weapons without a government-issued permit. Florida is clearly in the NRA’s sights.
That momentum continues even amid the anguishing details coming out of Uvalde, Texas, where Salvador Ramos used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle to kill 19 children and two teachers at the Robb Elementary. According to authorities, shortly after his 18th birthday this month, Ramos legally purchased the rifle used in the shooting and another one.
He had no criminal or mental health history and in Texas you can’t buy a Budweiser
at 18 but you’re welcome to build an armory of AR-15s.

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Florida has a gun reform advantage over Texas. After the Parkland shooting in 2018,
state lawmakers gave police the ability to seize firearms from anyone deemed a danger to themselves or others. The bill also raised the age requirement to buy a gun from 18 to 21,
a provision the NRA still maintains is unconstitutional.
But even as children’s blood has barely dried, after another tragedy that has left so many grieving, gun rights advocates say this is not the time to politicize the issue. Someone should tell that to Gov. DeSantis.

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The Day Electricity Dies.

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Ken

**The Day the Electricity Died.**

**Editor’s Note**: *This column was written by Frank Lasee.*
Imagine one of your kids freezing to death in your home. Eleven-year-old Cristian Pineda’s mother found her son dead during the Texas blackout in February 2021.
Or you have a power outage for three days, losing a couple of hundred dollars’ worth
of food because your refrigerator didn’t work, as Michelle Jones did last summer.
The food she had just bought to feed herself, her daughter, and her granddaughter spoiled without electricity.

**This is likely to become all too common in the future.**

**Why?**

My years as a Wisconsin state senator and in Gov. Scott Walker’s administration gave me some insights. My senate district included a coal plant, a natural gas plant, two nuclear plants, a biogas plant, biodigesters, wind towers, and many miles of Lake Michigan shoreline—and since then it has added a solar plant. Here are some lessons I’ve learned.

First, we need to understand a little bit about how electric grids work. They cannot store electricity without a battery. Batteries are scarce and expensive. Electric demand must be met with electricity generation, always. If supply cannot keep up with demand, the utility will shut down electricity for some or many.

For nearly a week, Texas utilities were unable to meet demand. They shut down the electric grid. Five million people lost power, and from 250 to 700 died. If an electric
grid breaks, all the people it serves will be without electricity for weeks or months.

Nonetheless, Progressives favor energy policies that will make grid failures more frequent, widespread, and prolonged. They want to close coal plants without enough full-time power ready to take their place. They seem unconcerned about reliability. They want coal plants torn down even if we have to keep paying them—like selling your car to get a newer one while you still owe lots on the first.

**The people of the upper Midwest will pay the price this summer.**
Their multi-state grid operator, MISO, has warned that it will be 5 GWs short of electricity this summer. California also could be up to 5 GWs short, enough to power 1.3 million homes. Texas warned that there might not be enough electricity for last week’s unexpected 90° weather, or for hotter days coming this summer.

**What do they all have in common?**
Increasing their reliance on solar and wind and closing coal plants. A dirty green secret is that coal is full-time power and wind and solar are not. Electric grids must have full-time, on-demand power all the time—plus some—or blackouts are guaranteed.

**Another dirty secret:**
Wind and solar produce little or no energy 70% of the time. This means that to replace 1,000 MW of coal, it will take 3,500 MW of wind turbines’ “nameplate capacity,” or 5,000 MW of Solar’s. That’s about 1,200 3 MW wind turbines or 13 million solar panels, in either case occupying nearly 40 square miles.
About 240 coal plants in the United States deliver about 22% of our electricity.
About 71,000 wind towers produce about 9% of our electricity on a part-time, when-the-wind-blows, basis. We are adding about 3,000 wind turbines a year, in the whole country. If wind didn’t have the part-time problem, those 3,000 could replace 2.5 coal plants a year. At that rate, it would take 96 years to replace them all.

Progressives have been demanding that we close coal plants faster than 2.5 a year.
If we want our electric grid to serve us full time, we need to reject this policy. We also need to stop everything they do to make coal and natural gas more expensive because that will raise our electric rates even faster.

Solar installations have slowed dramatically
Because of a law recently passed by Congress that solar panels built by slave labor cannot be used in the United States. The Communist Chinese make 80% of the world’s solar panels using coal electricity, slave labor, and non-existent environmental protection laws. They also control, process, or manufacture 80% of the earth’s rare metals and polysilicon needed for solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries.

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Mothers who want to make sure their babies live and their grandmothers don’t lose groceries when the electricity stops need to engage this issue. The Progressives’ craze
to close coal plants now, before replacement power is built, is a bad idea.

**To top it off,**
Progressives seem not to care that communist China, India, and many other countries are building hundreds of coal plants right now, or that worldwide coal usage is up by 9% over the last year and growing. Coal is a low-cost, reliable, full-time form of electricity. Only nuclear and coal can store fuel on site—which makes them the only energy sources that can keep on generating despite a prolonged extreme cold snap like the one that crippled Texas last year.
Closing coal plants before replacement electricity is ready puts our economy, our national security, and our lives at risk. We need grown-ups who live in the real-world making decisions.

**The lowdown?**

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Don’t embrace large-scale wind and solar unless you’re happy to suffer increasingly frequent, widespread, and prolonged power outages—and the deaths and other losses
they cost.

*Frank Lasee served as a Wisconsin state senator and in the administration*
*of Gov. Scott Walker. He is the president of Truth in Energy and Climate and*
*wrote this column for The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation.*

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Also, someone ask me,

If I am right about the Sheriff having the power to set Washington D.C. Straight… This is very important, considering that most peace officers are “sworn officers”, who take oaths to support the state and U.S. Constitutions.

The oath being sworn by the sheriff when constitutionally elected to office is significant in the fact that he or she is the first line of defense in preserving the Constitutional rights of a citizen. When we look at the Office of the Sheriff, combined with the historical powers held by that office, he stands as the upholder, defender, protector and servant to the liberties of the people within the county.

In addition to upholding the law, the sheriff is also charged with upholding the supreme law, the Constitution. The law enforcement powers held by the sheriff supersede those of any agent, officer, elected official or employee from any level of government when in the jurisdiction of the county.

The vertical separation of powers in the Constitution makes it clear

the power of the sheriff even supersedes the powers of the President.

Furthermore, it is this responsibility that grants a Sheriff the Constitutional authority to check and balance all levels of government within the jurisdiction of the County.

And other peace officers, including police officers and others with arrest powers, join with the Sheriff and deputies, as Constitutional Guards, with one and the same mission: to protect life, liberty and property.

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association brings together We The People of the United States with peace officers and sheriffs, educating all in an effort to restore America peacefully for our posterity.

About – Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (cspoa.org)

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The End of America

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Ken

Texas mayor calls Biden’s border crisis as a ‘calamity’
YouTube · 11,000+ views · 3/30/2021 · by Fox Business
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